# 緑

| 緑 | U+7DD1, &#32209; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DD1 |
| ← 緐 [U+7DD0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 緒 → [U+7DD2] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 綠 |
| Shinjitai | 緑 |
| Simplified | 绿 |

### Etymology

Variant and Japanese Simplified from 綠 (彔 → 录).
In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roɡ) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 录

### Han character

緑 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火弓一水 (VFNME), composition ⿰糹录)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 929, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27541
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3421, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7DD1

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 緑 – see 綠 (“green; to become green; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 綠).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 緑 |
| Kyūjitai | 綠 |

### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 綠)
* green

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろく (roku, Jōyō $^†$)
* Kan-on: りょく (ryoku, Jōyō)
* Kun: みどり (midori, 緑, Jōyō)
* Nanori: つか (tsuka)、つな (tsuna)、のり (nori)

#### Compounds

* 緑(りょく)衣(い) (ryokui): green robes; by extension, a parrot
* 緑(りょく)陰(いん) (ryokuin), 緑(りょく)蔭(いん) (ryokuin): the shade of a tree, a shady nook
* 緑(りょく)雨(う) (ryokū): an early summer rain, a rain in May
* 緑(りょく)営(えい) (ryokuei): one of the regular army groups in China during the Qing Dynasty
* 緑(みどり)猿(ざる) (midorizaru): the green monkey, Chlorocebus sabaeus
* 緑(りょく)黄(おう) (ryokuō): greenish yellow
* 緑(りょく)化(か) (ryokuka), 緑(りょっ)化(か) (ryokka): greening, tree-planting
* 緑(りょっ)化(か)運(うん)動(どう) (ryokka undō): a greening or tree-planting campaign
* 緑(りょく)眼(がん) (ryokugan): green eyes, green-eyed
* 緑(りょく)岩(がん) (ryokugan): green stone; green metamorphic rock
* 緑(りょっ)旗(き) (ryokki): one of the regular army groups in China during the Qing Dynasty
* 緑(りょく)玉(ぎょく) (ryokugyoku): a green jewel; poetic name for bamboo
* 緑(みどり)児(ご) (midorigo), 緑(りょく)児(じ) (ryokuji): a young child under the age of three, particularly under the old Taihō Code of ancient Japan
* 緑(りょく)酒(しゅ) (ryokushu): fresh sake (rice wine)
* 緑(りょく)樹(じゅ) (ryokuju): a healthy tree with lush green leaves
* 緑(りょく)綬(じゅ)褒(ほう)章(しょう) (ryokuju hōshō): a medal of honor with a green ribbon to signify virtuous conduct
* 緑(りょく)十(じゅう)字(じ) (ryokujūji): the Green Cross, a play on the Red Cross and a symbol in Japan of industrial health and safety
* 緑(りょく)女(じょ) (ryokujo): a girl under the age of three under the Taihō Code of ancient Japan; a young girl
* 緑(みどり)小灰蝶(しじみ) (midori shijimi): a type of butterfly, Neozephyrus japonicus
* 緑(りょく)色(しょく) (ryokushoku): the color green
* 緑(りょく)水(すい) (ryokusui): green water
* 緑(ろく)青(しょう) (rokushō): verdigris, the oxidation of copper
* 緑(みどり)石(いし) (midorīshi): a type of reef coral
* 緑(りょく)閃(せん)光(こう) (ryokusenkō): green flash
* 緑(りょく)草(そう) (ryokusō): lush green grass
* 緑(りょく)藻(そう) (ryokusō): green algae in general
* 緑(りょく)藻(そう)植(しょく)物(ぶつ) (ryokusō shokubutsu): Chlorophyta, a division of green algae
* 緑(りょく)藻(そう)類(るい) (ryokusōrui): green algae types, as a classification in biology
* 緑(りょく)苔(たい) (ryokutai): green moss
* 緑(りょく)黛(たい) (ryokutai): green eyebrow paint, a type of cosmetic
* 緑啄木鳥(あおげら) (aogera): the Japanese green woodpecker, Picus awokera
* 緑(りょく)地(ち) (ryokuchi): a wooded area
* 緑(りょく)地(ち)化(か)計(けい)画(かく) (ryokuchika keikaku):　an afforestation plan
* 緑(りょく)地(ち)帯(たい) (ryokuchitai): a greenbelt
* 緑(りょく)竹(ちく) (ryokuchiku): lush green bamboo
* 緑(りょく)茶(ちゃ) (ryokucha): green tea
* 緑(りょく)柱(ちゅう)玉(ぎょく) (ryokuchūgyoku): a beryl crystal or jewel: an emerald
* 緑(りょく)柱(ちゅう)石(せき]) (ryokuchūseki]): the mineral beryl
* 緑(みどり)虫(むし) (midorimushi): Euglena, a genus of unicellular flagellate protists.
* 緑(みどり)虫(むし)植(しょく)物(ぶつ) (midorimushi shokubutsu): Euglenoidea/Euglenophyceae, a class of unicellular flagellate protists.
* 緑(りょく)泥(でい) (ryokudei): a green mud containing significant amounts of chlorite
* 緑(りょく)泥(でい)石(せき) (ryokudeiseki): chlorites, a group of phyllosilicate minerals
* 緑(りょく)泥(でい)片(へん)岩(がん) (ryokudei hengan): chlorite schist
* 緑(りょく)土(ど) (ryokudo): a wooded area
* 緑(りょく)豆(ず) (ryokuzu) 緑(りょく)豆(とう) (ryokutō): alternate name for the 八重生(ヤエナリ) (yaenari), the mung bean
* 緑(りょく)内(ない)障(しょう) (ryokunaishō): glaucoma
* 緑(りょく)波(は) (ryokuha): a green wave
* 緑(りょく)髪(はつ) (ryokuhatsu): healthy and shiny black hair; a euphemism for a monk or nun
* 緑鳩(あおばと) (aobato): the Japanese green pigeon, Treron sieboldii
* 緑(りょく)肥(ひ) (ryokuhi): green manure
* 緑(りょく)肥(ひ)作(さく)物(もつ) (ryokuhi sakumotsu): the plants or crop used to make green manure
* 緑(りょく)蕪(ぶ) (ryokubu): lush green grass or weeds
* 緑(りょく)風(ふう) (ryokufū): the soft breezes of late spring and early summer: zephyr
* 緑(りょく)風(ふう)会(かい) (Ryokufūkai): Japanese a political faction formed in 1947, lasting until 1965
* 緑(りょく)便(べん) (ryokuben): green stool or feces, such as that produced by children suffering from digestive problems
* 緑(りょく)門(もん) (ryokumon): an arched gate made of cedar or cypress boughs, made at times of celebration
* 緑(りょく)野(や) (ryokuya): a lush green field
* 緑(りょく)葉(よう) (ryokuyō): green leaves
* 緑(りょく)葉(よう)甘(かん)藍(らん) (ryokuyō kanran): alternate name for 羽衣(はごろも)甘藍(かんらん) (hagoromo kanran), kale
* 緑葉梟(あおばずく) (aobazuku): the brown hawk-owl, Ninox scutulata
* 緑(りょく)羅(ら) (ryokura): light green
* 緑(りょく)林(りん) (ryokurin): lush green woods; a thief's or robber's hideout; by extension, thieves or robbers
* 緑(りょく)簾(れん)石(せき) (ryokurenseki): epidote, a calcium aluminum iron sorosilicate mineral: Ca$_2$Al$_2$(Fe$^{III}$Al)(SiO$_4$)(Si$_2$O$_7$)O(OH)
* 緑(りょく)礬(ばん) (ryokuban), 緑(ろう)礬(は) (rōha), 緑(ろく)礬(ばん) (rokuban): melanterite, a mineral form of hydrous iron(II) sulfate: FeSO$_4$·7H$_2$O
* 緑(りょく)蘿(ら) (ryokura): lush green ivy or vines
* 緑(ろう)衫(そう) (rōsō), 緑(ろく)衫(さん) (rokusan): a dark green coat worn by a sixth-ranked official in ancient Japan
* 緑(りょく)袍(ほう) (ryokuhō): a green overcoat worn by nobility; a noble rank in ancient Japan
* 緑(りょっ)光(こう) (ryokkō): green flash
* 閃(せん)緑(りょく)岩(がん) (senryokugan): diorite
* 嫩(どん)緑(りょく) (donryoku): tender green
* 白(びゃく)緑(ろく) (byakuroku): whitish green

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 緑
* みどり Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 綠 (kyūjitai) 翠
From Old Japanese. Originally referred to new buds and shoots, later expanding via metonymy to mean green.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みどり [míꜜdòrì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [mʲido̞ɾʲi]

### Noun

緑(みどり) • (midori)
* green (color)
* verdure
    緑(みどり)の匂(にお)い
       midori no nioi
       the scent of greenery
* a new bud or shoot
* (archaic) in the Edo Period, an apprentice to a high-ranking courtesan, from ages six or seven through thirteen or fourteen
* in kabuki and 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”), performing just the main parts of a work and omitting the 狂言 (kyōgen)

#### Synonyms

* (courtesan's apprentice): 禿(かぶろ) (kaburo)
* (abridged performance): 見(み)取(と)り, 見(み)取(とり) (mitori)

#### Derived terms

* 緑(みどり)児(ご), 嬰(みどり)児(ご) (midorigo): a baby

#### See also

Colors in Japanese · 色(いろ) (iro) (layout · text) :
| 白(しろ) (shiro) | 灰(はい)色(いろ) (haiiro), 鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated) | 黒(くろ) (kuro) |
| 赤(あか) (aka); 深(しん)紅(く) (shinku), クリムゾン (kurimuzon), 紅(べに)色(いろ) (beniiro), 紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaiiro), 茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akaneiro) | 橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro), オレンジ (orenji); 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo), 褐(かっ)色(しょく) (kasshoku) | 黄(き)色(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム色(いろ) (kurīmuiro) |
| 黄(き)緑(みどり) (kimidori) | 緑(みどり) (midori), 青(あお) (ao) (dated) | 若(わか)緑(みどり) (wakamidori) |
| 水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro), シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の(の)羽(はね)色(いろ) (kamo no hane iro) | 空(そら)色(いろ) (sorairo), 縹(はなだ) (hanada); 青(あお) (ao) | 紺(こん)藍(あい) (kon'ai); 紺(こん) (kon) |
| 菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo) | 赤(あか)紫(むらさき) (akamurasaki), マゼンタ (mazenta); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki) | 桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro), ピンク (pinku) |

### Proper noun

緑(みどり) • (Midori)
* a female given name
* a surname

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN